Continue reading CGS 2v2 Arena information

CGS 2v2 Arena information originally appeared on WoW Insider on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

WSVG's Louisville event

Continue reading Pandemic wins again at WSVG Louisville

Pandemic wins again at WSVG Louisville originally appeared on WoW Insider on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

The transcripts from the sixth Xfire Debate Club ("Best and Worst Classes in WoW") are now available on Xfire's main site.

On the main floor, I moderated a debate between such heavy hitters as Wowhead's Skosiris, Curse's Mek and Teza, Ming the rogue, and arena masters Tarde, Nuvas and Tiz. I wasn't able to format the full transcript for WoW Insider, but feel free to visit the link so you can see me ask questions and the panelists ... well, ignore them and keep arguing about the last question, or fight about which arena is the most interesting, or claim that the other panelists will one day be working for them. But it was fun anyway!

Xfire also has a transcript from the open debate room, where Xfire users debated the questions themselves. I'd like to thank everyone who came to the debate or proposed questions to ask. I hope to see you all again on Xfire!

Xfire Debate Club: Best and Worst Classes transcript originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 14:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Curse interviews HUKs, WSVG kicks off in Louisville originally appeared on WoW Insider on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

The pic above is courtesy of reader Scott, and it shows the aftermath of the chaos around the vendor for the Arena season 2 gear. Everyone is jumping on the servers to check the gear out (if you haven't seen it yet, we linked to what it looked like on the PTR a while back, and WoWWiki looks like it should be updated with live stats fairly soon), and so things are crazy around the vendor in Area 52, especially when PvP fights break out.

A couple of players have been complaining about the insanity, so Drysc says on the forums that there are now temporary versions of Krixel, the rewards vendor, appearing in Orgrimmar's Hall of Legends, Stormwind's Champion's Hall, and outside of the Blade's Edge arena. There's no time set as to when the extra vendors will disappear (why wouldn't they have them in all places all the time?), but if you want a firsthand look at what there is to offer, you've got three more places to do it.

Arena season 2 vendors are way too popular originally appeared on WoW Insider on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

• Weapons have the same graphic (so far) of Season 1 rewards
• Season 1 armor rewards have been reduced in cost
• New armored mounts are in the art files, but not listed as rewards yet

Arena Season 2 rewards from the Public Test Realms originally appeared on WoW Insider on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

With the advent of Arena season 2, a lot of people are looking forward to the new arena sets. But others are wondering if gear gained from the arenas should be better, worse, or equal to gear from raiding. Two forum topics -- "ARENA GEAR should NOT = RAIDING GEAR" and "Raiding gear should NOT = Arena gear" purport to pit PVEers against PVPers, even though most people seem to do a mix of both.

Basically, the argument goes like this:

• Raider: Anyone can get arena epics fairly easily just by PVPing a few matches a week, so why should they be as good as the drops I spent hours raiding for?
• Arena player: Any brainless monkey can mash a keyboard against programmed opponents. Facing other people is the real test of skill in WoW, so we should get the best gear.
• Everyone else: Hey, aren't the PVP sets better for PVP and the PVE sets better for PVE? What's wrong with that? It's not like that stamina and resilience are gonna do most people tons of good against Kael'thas.

Personally, as one of those elusive casual raiders, I like having the arena sets equal to raiding sets. It gets all the people who just want to gear up through raiding, then /gquit and PVP all the time out of raiding guilds. PVP gear should be best at killing other players, and PVE gear should be best at killing bosses. And when did doing Arena for a month to get ONE epic item become "easy epics"? It's only easy if you compare it to the old PVP honor system, which was life-destroying.

Drysc puts it pretty well in one of the threads: "You're not actually concerned that someone else is getting something easier than you, because you would go do it and wouldn't look back. You're either unable or unwilling to switch to what you perceive is the easier route, and want what you're invested in or willing to do made easier based on what you perceive matches the effort invested in the other." Basically, if you're raiding for gear and complain that Arena is easier, go do Arena, and vice versa.

Are you okay with the gear from raiding and from Arenas, or would you like to see one part of the game buffed? Is "PVEing to PVP" still a viable way of winning in PVP?

Raiding gear vs. Arena gear originally appeared on WoW Insider on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Arena Season 2 item stats (Warrior) [u] originally appeared on WoW Insider on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 02:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

The upcoming second Arena season, with new rewards, will be starting on June 19th, a week later than originally estimated (Drysc):

Blue Notes: Arena Season 2 delay, spam reporting tweaks originally appeared on WoW Insider on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Some changes have been made to the arena system now that they have one season under their belt to examine. All arena players will have their ratings reset to the default 1500 at the beginning of the season, although you'll be able to keep your points. For this new season expect new items and rewards for all your hard work, arena awards and as well as honor rewards. It looks like they have put a good deal of thought into the next season. Let's hope it's as exhilarating as the last one.

Speaking of the last one, those who landed in the top 20% will be getting their end-of-season rewards and the top .5%, the best of the best, will be receiving that most coveted of prizes, the armored Netherdrake *drool*. Are there any uber arena combatants out there? What would you like to see in the season to come?

[via WoW Forums]

Arena season 2 and you originally appeared on WoW Insider on Mon, 28 May 2007 17:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.